sharp-shinned hawk facts

The sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) is a small hawk, with males being the smallest hawks in the United States and Canada, but with the species averaging larger than some Neotropical species, such as the tiny hawk. This is a small Accipiter hawk. As common in Accipiter hawks, females are distinctly larger in size. Adults have short broad wings and a medium-length tail banded in blackish and gray with the tip varying among individuals from slightly notched through square to slightly rounded. The remiges are whitish barred blackish. The legs are long and very slender and yellow. The hooked bill is black and the cere is yellowish.